NASA will broadcast live the departure of Mission Axiom 1, currently docked to the International Space Station. The separation will take place this Saturday (23), at 21:35 (Brasilia time), but the broadcast with the preparations will start earlier, at 19:15.
The video will be available on the website of Nasano site da Axiom Spaceon the NASA app, and also on space agency youtube.
Mission Axiom 1 is expected to land in the sea off the coast of Florida, USA, around 2:46 am on Sunday (24).
Axiom is the first private astronaut mission to visit the International Space Station. The four crew, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, the pilot Larry Connor and the Experts Eytan Stibbe e Mark Pathy will complete 16 days in space.
The date, time and trajectory of the ISS separation and journey back to Earth were defined in partnership between Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX, maker of the space vehicle, Dragon Endeavor. These parameters depend on good weather conditions here on the planet — a variant that will be monitored throughout the day by teams from the space agency and the two companies.
O Dragon Endeavourwill return to Earth with over 90 kg of supplies and resources for scientific research.
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